unknown referrers
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I keep getting the same referrers on my blog such as digg.com student review consolidation; bloggerreviews; the best twitter; unlockertips.com are these spam referrers? How can I tell if referrers are spam? I also have sitemeter and sometimes my referrers don’t show on my sitemeter and I was wondering if it’s because they are spam and not real readers.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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These are a new type of spam. Please report the sites to Staff without posting URLs that others can click and send traffic to the sites in question http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
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I’m getting lots of these too. Don’t these people realise that by spamming they just make themselves look like a bunch of crooks?
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Actually very little human effort and connection is required when it comes to spamming. Once a robotic script is created it can go on into infinitude. The latest angle is hiring human being to generate spam. Can you imagine having a job like that?
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I strongly encourage everyone to report the URLs of the referral spammers to WordPress support. I regularly get anywhere from 10 to 40 referral spams every day. It’s a major problem if you want your stats to reflect real reader views. I have reported all of my problems to WordPress at least 10 times over the last couple months and I still get “we’re working on it.”
Does anybody out there know if this problem can be fixed? Is it technically possible? WordPress support doesn’t offer any information except “we’re working on it.” But it never stops. In fact, mine is getting worse. I had 33 “views” from a single spammer today, plus a long list of others.
I like wordpress and I think they do a pretty good job. Plus, it’s free. But I need accurate stats. If wordpress can’t provide them, I’ll gladly pay another provider for the service.
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timethief …
No. Can it parse stats per day, week, total, average, etc? If so, I’d like more information. Thanks …
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Yes, most regular stat counters can do that. See TT’s site for some reviews of different stats packages that work with WordPress.com blogs.
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On days when I have heavy traffic, such as last Monday, I have practically no spam referrers at all. On days I don’t post, spam happens. It seems mainly to target my home page.
It would be only annoying if it didn’t skew my WordPress blog stats, which I have in the sidebar. It doesn’t seem to affect the SiteMeter counter, which I’ve set to track Unique Visitors. I think the Pax counter might be picking them up, though; I’m about ready to delete it.
I reported it once, had a nice email from Hanni asking me to report more. I more but heard nothing back from that email.
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I’m getting annoyed with my stats/referrers. They’re almost all from spam sites/bots. I’ve checked out a few threads about this issue. I know that I need to report the sites – and I will – but, what are my options for keeping these guys from showing up in my stats? It makes it look like more people are reading than there actually are, and I’d like to have more accurate stats. Suggestions?
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I don’t believe we bloggers can come up with any viable suggestions. The links are coming in from somewhere and we don’t have access to wherever that entry point is. I’m afraid that it’s Staff who will have to come up with whatever they and the search engines can work out as a solution to this unwelcomed referral spam and stats skewing problem. Sorry I can’t be more helpful. :(
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@ludusnaturae
Thanks so much for the reminder.Never click the links is an excellent point that cannot be emphasized enough!
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Of course, slikbonez.
My suggestion comes from a response from staff when I report a Referrer Spam:“Spammers take advantage of the referrer logs and visit your blog from phantom URLs that they are actually trying to promote, in the hope that you see them in your logs and click them” (Hanni, Happiness Engineer).
Then: Never click & Report to staff
Thank you all, staff and forum volunteers.
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Two questions for clarification here:
Does clicking on the spam referrers links actually increase the traffic coming in from them?
And: these spam referrers are computer generated, right, not real individuals reading the blog? (Aside from the people hired to do it as a job, which is mentioned here, who obviously don’t care about the actual content) I guess I’m still struggling with how this works.
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No, it doesn’t.
They may be real individuals doing this, but even if they are, it’s a simple spam technique. Rest assured they are not reading your content.
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Hi, it’s happening to me too. I have around 5 readers, and my daily bot visits are up to 32 today. How do I report these sites that have no relation whatsoever with the subjects of my blog?
Ta ta for your support. -
i would only get about 2/3 spam a day i must be lucky , but i would get about 15/20
referrers a day but i know where they are coming from -
Today I got a interesting method for whitening theeth.
Best I’ll go to my pharmacist, if I need something.
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